Digital Economy Adoption — National Capability Index

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

firms using cloud and data analytics
e-commerce sales share of turnover
internet use rate

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 6

Advanced 20

Established 30

Transitional 40

Foundational 45

Nascent 43

Inception 13

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.50
2	🇺🇸United States	Americas	19	Frontier	±0.43
3	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
5	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
6	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
7	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.71
8	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.71
9	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
11	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
12	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇫🇷France	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
16	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.71
17	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
18	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.00
20	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±1.09
21	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
22	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
23	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.50
24	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
25	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
26	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
27	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
28	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
29	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
30	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	14	Established	±0.43
31	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
32	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
33	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	13	Established	±0.00
34	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
35	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
36	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
37	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
38	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
39	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
40	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	13	Established	±0.83
41	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
42	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
43	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
44	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
45	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12	Established	±0.50
46	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
47	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
48	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
49	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
50	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
51	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
52	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
53	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
54	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
55	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
56	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
57	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
58	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
59	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
60	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
61	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
62	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
63	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
64	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
65	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
66	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
67	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
68	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
69	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.00
70	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
71	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
72	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
73	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
74	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
75	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
76	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
77	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
78	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
79	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
80	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
81	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
82	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
83	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
84	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
85	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
86	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.00
87	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
88	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
89	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
90	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
91	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.00
92	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
93	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
94	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
95	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
96	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
97	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
98	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
99	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
100	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
101	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
102	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
103	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
104	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
105	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
106	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
107	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
108	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
109	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
110	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
111	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
112	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.50
113	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
114	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
115	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
116	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
117	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
118	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
119	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
120	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
121	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
122	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.50
123	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
124	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
125	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
126	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
127	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
128	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
129	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
130	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
131	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
132	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
133	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
134	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
135	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
136	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
137	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
138	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
139	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
140	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
141	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
142	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
143	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
144	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
145	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
146	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
147	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
148	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
149	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
150	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
151	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
152	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
153	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
154	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
155	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
156	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
157	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
158	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
159	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
160	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
161	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
162	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
163	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
164	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
166	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
167	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
168	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
169	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
170	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
171	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
172	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
173	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
174	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
176	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
177	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
178	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
179	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
180	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
181	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.83
182	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
183	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
184	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
185	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
186	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
187	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
188	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
189	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
190	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
191	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
192	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.00
193	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
194	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
195	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43
196	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
197	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00

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